PORT OF BLUFF HARBOR.

Southland Times, Volume I, Issue 36, 23 August 1864, Page 2

PORT OF BLUFF HARBOR.

AKBIVED. August 2o.— l.R.M.S.P. Airedale, 500 tons, Ferguson! commander, from Dunedin, and Northern Provinces. T. G. Tanton, agent. August 20.— Ruby, s.s., 82 tons, Fraser, from Stewart's Island. /--,_. August 20.— Wm. Miskm, s.s., 74 tons, Godfrey, from Invercargill. G. P- H. Gallop, agent. August2l.— Mount Alexander, schooner, Davies, from Dunedin, for Dog Island. August 22.— P.M. 5.5. Alhambra, 500 tons, M'Lean, from Melbourne. SAILED. August 20.— Colleen Bawn, Thompson, for Invercargill. August 20— Mary Von Avery, Tonge, for Stewart's Island. August 22.— R-M.S.S. Alhambra, 500 tons, M'Lean, for Dunedin. imfobts. Per William Miskin, from Dunedin— l parcel, OToole • 2 kegs powder, Waddel ; 1 coil riose, Henderson, Bonar, and Co.; ..Lhhd. ale, 1 case fi>3,2 parcels, Waddel ; 1 case cheese, 1 box raisins. 2 bags oatmeal, 2 boxes candles, 1 roll beef, l'ream paper, 10 bags salt, Galbrairh and Deutch; 10 bags flour, Order; 1 bag, 2 boxes, O'Toole ; 1 bag, 1 sack, S. Evans ; 1 case, Order ; 1 case, 1 bale, Carmichael ; 1 cask, TaSi'on ; 2 oases, Captain Thompson. EX-POETS. Per Colleen Bawn (ex Criarlotte Jane, from London), for InTercargill— B4 cases, 4 weighing machines, 5 kegs nails, Maning and Whitton ; 4 cases, 1 cask, 1 barrel, 1 iron tank, 96 cases brandy, Calder, Blacklock and Co. ; 200 kegs paint/Morison, Law and Co. ; 7 cases, S. Stewart ; 5 packages shovels, 2 cases, 2 casks, 1 crate, Beaven; 2 cases, Brown; 6 cases, Henderson, Bonar and Co. ; 23 cases, J. Stalker ; 1 case, M-'N'eil; 1 case, Preston ; 8 cases, Provincial .G-o---vernment; "4 cases beef bams, Spence Brothers; 5 bales canvas, Murpriy. Pabssxgib List. Au<nist 20.— Per Airedale, s.s., from Dunedin : Saloon— Messrs. Jackson, Macnamara, Est. Mr. Wolhers ; and five in trie steerage. August 22.— -Per Alhambra, from Melbourne : Saloon— Mr. Wihslow, Mesdames Sewell and - Mavlofi; and one in the steerage. : _XPECT3I) i3£BITAXS. City of Hobart. from Melbourne, thia day. Albion, 8.8., to-day or to-morrow. Sevilla, frbmGlas'gow, sailed 21at May. Escape, from Lsith, sailed 20th April. Gananoque, from Loridon, early. Donna Anita, from London, early. ■ ■VESSELS ET POET. Charlotte Jane, ship ; Silesia, ship ; Maid of So_tala_a, schooner ; 2<ew ' Chum, schooner ; schooner; Kate, schooner; Why Not, schooner ; ~So. S and 4, lighters ; William MisVm, 5.3.

TszB.M.S.S. Alhambra, J. M'Lean, Esq., Commander, left Melbourne on the loth inst., and after a run of six days, arrived at the Bluff on the monriria of the 22nd" inst., about two a.m. Captain M'Lean reports having encountered heavy south-east .weather during tbe passage down /;- and on Thursday it increased to a heavy south-east gale, wriicri caused him to bring up for 24 hours. The Alhambra has on board the Lyster Opera Troupe. She took her departure triortly afterward, for Di_iedri_

The day fixed for attempting to float or raise the Scotia from off the rock on which she had ■ be!;a strick fast 1 for ten weeks, has been .Sowe-^b'-pass-byH^Kaving been found impossible to commence operations while the heavy easterly winds, which have latterly preyailed, continued. The Btate of the tide from the 20th .to the 22nd inclusive, was the most favorable iwriich , could have 'been rihosen, and it was to be regretted that tho enterprising company should be so ; foiled in their attempts to achieve the object trieylriaye: in view, and to effect wliich they have spent so ; considerable a sum of money. A large number "of mon are being employed in the work, and every | available appliance has been called into requisition, while those . .entrusted with the management of the operations, are , very ., sanguine , of ultimate success. ; It ,, was ; 'thought '; that the attempt would have been made on Sunday ; but, ; as on the ..previous- day,' -the wind" blew so strong from the- east. th^t. all. hope of success that day was abandoned.' It wdfe believed by some, that, if . tht Scotia were' not "got off 'yesterday, that it would be- almost futile to attempt it till the next springr •tides— about a fortnight hence. However, we heartily wish, the enterprising company every success; ' The Scotia is lying,' we riiay remark, on a perfectly even ; keel, and presents no .signs of outward damage ; and were it not for the painful proximity of the rocks, oyer one reef of whicri she i Had almost miraculously crawled, and the utterly ;' unaccountable position in which slie' riowliesi" few at, first. sigrit would beliove trio onco fine steaiher Scotia tobe almost irretrievably lost. It is still nearly the common remark of every one who has exarmued the situation, that it, is perfectly unaccountable how the dark headland wa3 not observed from on board the Scotia on the night of her mishap. The s.s. William Miskin arrived from Invercargill about 7.30 p.m. ' On Saturday, having bean fully four hoars on the trip. She experienced a strong head wind rounding the Bluff, with a swift current to c'ontendagainst. About a dozen gentV/nen from Invercargill, tempted by- the fineness of the weather, took advantage of this opportunity to inspect the Scotia, to assist in the operations* connected with the floating of which the William Miskin has been engaged.